Nathan Williams (New York)

Nathan Williams (19 December 1773-23 September 1835) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 15) from 1805 to 1807, succeeding Gaylord Griswold and preceding William Kirkpatrick.

Biography
Nathan Williams was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1773, and he moved to Troy, New York in 1786. He became a lawyer in Utica in 1795 and served as librarian of the Utica Public Library for several years, having co-founded it. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1805 to 1807, and he served as a Regent of SUNY from 1817 to 1824 before becoming a judge and district attorney. He died in 1835.